Friday, 15 February 2008

Seven Things

Eek! I've been tagged by the cool cat Becky of Sweetie Pie Press. And in honour of her bravery at posting a picture from childhood at the top of her seven things, I've dug out the above (not quite sure that's proper grammar...). So here are seven things, random but perhaps not so weird...and speaking of childhood:

1. never saw shapes in clouds or had an imaginary friend or believed in fairies (yes, i know they're dropping dead all over the place now - quick! ring some bells or something - clap your hands!...)

2. was enamoured of Christopher Plummer when I was a girl, due entirely to The Sound of Music...

rules:1. link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.2. share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.3. tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.4. let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

p.s. of course i believe in fairies now...p.p.s. my Mom made that dress. it has smocking! i have so very far to go....

The Princess Bride.. Have you seen the bonus features on the DVD edition where they talk about Andre the Giant? Oh, what a sweetie! He loved being in that movie because people weren't scared of him. I don't think a week goes by without someone (me) quoting from that movie in our house.

I love the dress - and yes, oh to be able to smock like that (or at all)!

Thank you so much for the tag - I love memes, but I did this one about a month or so ago, so I don't feel like I can subject people to any more of my weirdnesses than I have already in such a short space of time! x

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*and hence, the name

'Now, I'll try you again. Suppose you were going to carpet a room. Would you use a carpet having a representation of flowers upon it?'

There being a general conviction by this time that 'No, sir!' was always the right answer to this gentleman, the chorus of No was very strong. Only a few feeble stragglers said Yes; among them Sissy Jupe.

'Girl number twenty,' said the gentleman, smiling in the calm strength of knowledge.

Sissy blushed, and stood up.

'So you would carpet your room -- or your husband's room, if you were a grown woman, and had a husband -- with representations of flowers, would you,' said the gentleman. 'Why would you?'

'If you please, sir, I am very fond of flowers,' returned the girl.

'And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon them, and have people walking over them with heavy boots?'

'It wouldn't hurt them, sir. They wouldn't crush and wither if you please, sir. They would be the pictures of what was very pretty and pleasant, and I would fancy --'

'Ay, ay, ay! But you mustn't fancy,' cried the gentleman, quite elated by coming so happily to his point. 'That's it! You are never to fancy.'